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Parantac saves day for FilipinosBy: June Navarro (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar—Wushu artist Daniel Parantac averted a gold medal shutout Tuesday for the Philippines on the eve of the formal opening ceremonies of the 27th Southeast Asian Games here.

On a day of misadventures and near misses, Parantac raised the golden output of the Filipinos to three as the taolu specialist from Baguio City scored 19.38 points in the taijiquan-taijijian despite a minor glitch in his routine to beat Myanmar’s Nyein Chan Ko Ko (19.33) and rule the two-event competition.

THE billiards and judo teams are hoping to contribute 10 gold medals to the country’s campaign in the 27th Myanmar Southeast Asian (Sea) Games.

Perennial world champion Dennis Orcullo and Carlo Biado will lead the country’s campaign in the 9- and 10-ball events while two-time Women’s World 10-Ball winner Rubilen Amit and Iris Ranola will carry the fight in the women’s side. World pool veteran Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco de la Cruz are the local bets in snooker’s one cushion carom.